Alligator found with arrow sticking out of it; bites one-armed trapper

An alligator trapper nearly lost his arm after this alligator bit him.

Miami -- A one-armed alligator trapper almost lost his other arm Monday morning when he tried to capture an injured alligator in a NW Miami-Dade canal.

Alexander Alcantara was scouting his home in Miami-Dade County when he saw the alligator lying on the bank of the canal with an arrow sticking out of it. Alcantara decided to bait a line and try to capture the injured gator.

But the gator wasn't about to let Alcantara capture it and bit the trapper on the arm. Neighbors said they've seen alligators in the canal that runs alongside the neighborhood. Alcantara just wanted to help the wayward gator.